NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Prison has changed Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino for the better.
"Once you get out, you are taking advantage (of) every minute. Every second, every meal, every conversation with my beautiful wife, with my friends. I love my job, so I am on such an awesome road and we are very excited to see what the future has to offer, the "Jersey Shore" star, was released from a federal prison in upstate New York earlier this month, told Entertainment Tonight's Brooke Anderson.
Sorrentino, who served an eight-month sentence on tax evasion charges, added, "I definitely feel like I'm a changed man. Oh my God, to be a free man, to be honest with you, it's awesome. It's fantastic. I have my beautiful wife next to me. I'm healthy, I'm sober, back at work with my best friends on the number one show on MTV and just living the dream."
Sorrentino said he managed to maintain a positive outlook while he served time.
"It's a very uncomfortable situation from start to finish (but) it's not the end of the world," he said. "I didn't feel sorry for myself, but any time something good happened in our lives, I would be in my feels for that. I was very proud of the Jersey Shore Family Vacation that was airing on TV and it was our wedding (being played out), so every single week I was in prison but I was watching myself on screen."
He also learned something about himself: "I was just proud of myself that, even under extreme stress and adversity, I was still able to do my job and do it well."
